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My research focuses on a variety of questions that target how the developing mind arrives to go beyond the here and now, think about alternative representations of reality, form abstract concepts and learn about and from other social agents. One the one hand, I focus on early social cognition, such as perspective taking, theory of mind, and tracking other people's models of the world and their epistemic states (knowledge, belief, uncertainty, and informational needs). On the other hand, I investigate the early foundations of abstract thought, including generalisation and compositionality in language and beyond language, as well as evidence-based belief update processes and their possible failures in children and adults.
PhD Students Supervised:
PhD Students Graduated:
- Dora Kampis
- Martin Freundlieb (co-supervisor)
- Eszter Szabó
- Paula Fischer (secondary supervisor)
- Ieva Lukosiunaite (secondary supervisor)
- Dóra Fogd
- Bálint Varga
Selection from the media:
CEU CDC Researchers’ Discovery Becomes a Matura Topic in Greece
"Why do coherent belief systems tolerate incoherence?" New Special Research Area funded by FWF
Babys entwickeln kreative Fähigkeiten früher als gedacht - Der Standard
Creativity starts in the cradle, new research shows – ScienMag, Science Magazine
Kreatívabbak a csecsemők, mint ahogy azt korábban gondoltuk - Telex
New research shows how babies’ behavior is influenced by those around them/Mirage News
A gyerekek már 3 évesen képesek a felnőttekéhez hasonló döntésekre /Index
Mi alapján döntenek a 18-36 hónapos gyerekek / HVG
Particularly Exciting Experiments in Psychology / APA
ERC Starting Independent Research Grant
Seven-month-old babies can 'read minds' / Nature
Grasping Another’s Point of View at an Early Age / New York Times
Seven-month-old babies can 'read minds' / Scientific American
Világelső magyar kutatás kisbabáknál / Origo
Twice blessed Bilingual babies are precocious decision-makers / The Economist
Bilingual infants have better mental control -National Geographic